Quotes by Catherine Deneuve

“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.”

“People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.”

“I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants.”

“Love is suffering. One side always loves more.”

“I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.”

“It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.”

“I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.”

“Mississippi Mermaid was a very special experience because we only had the dialogues for the scenes we were shooting the night before.”

“I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.”

“I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.”

“I'm not an admirer of action movies. I just think, Oh my God, it must be so tiring.”

“Marriage is obsolete and a trap.”

“That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.”

“Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.”

“Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.”

“I try not to think that I am acting, but that I am the person. And instead of giving the audience your fantasies completely, I think it is more interesting to give them a place where they can imagi...”

“There is no such thing as a Hollywood career for a French actress today. You can come here and do films like Juliette Binoche, but you can't come here and have a career. It's because you don’t sign...”

“I think that women who have to deal with a big amount of people have to compartmentalize themselves. You have to have an attitude of strength in a way because you are supposed to direct and organiz...”

“When you're not working and you're just living, you forget and all of a sudden something happens to remind you that you're an actor. I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very ...”

“I can be very critical on myself and on other people; when I work, I can be very demanding. But to direct... I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of pe...”